UNEDITED The Provincial Secretary’s Act being Chapter P-35 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1978 (effective February 26, 1979). NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. Table of Contents 1 Short title 2 Organization 3 Duties 4 Secretary’s signature as evidence 5 Staff 6 Fees CHAPTER P-35. An Act respecting the Department of the Provincial Short title 1 This Act may be cited as The Provincial Secretary’s Act. Organization 2 The department of the Government of Saskatchewan which shall be called the Department of the Provincial Secretary, over which the Provincial Secretary shall preside, is continued. R.S.S. 1965, c.33, s.2; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-35, s.2. Duties 3 The Provincial Secretary shall: (a) have all the powers, duties and functions that are assigned by law or custom to provincial secretaries and registrars of the different provinces of Canada insofar as they or any of them may be applicable to Saskatchewan; (b) be the keeper of the Great Seal of Saskatchewan and issue all letters patent, commissions and other documents under the seal and countersign the same with the exception of those countersigned by the Clerk of the Executive Council; commissions under the seal to run in Her Majesty’s name; (c) be the keeper of all registers of Saskatchewan; (d) be the registrar of Saskatchewan; and as such register all instruments of summons, commissions, letters patent, writs and other instruments and documents issued under the seal of the province; (e) be charged generally with such other duties as may be assigned to him by law or by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. R.S.S. 1965, c.33, s.3; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-35, s.3. Secretary’s signature as evidence 4(1) The signature of the Provincial Secretary shall be proof of the fact that such registers, instruments of summons, commissions, letters patent, writs and other instruments and documents exist and are lawfully in his possession. (2) A copy of any document, signed by the Provincial Secretary, shall be equivalent to the original instrument itself in any court in the province; and every document or copy of a document purporting to bear his signature shall be deemed to do so until proof of the contrary. R.S.S. 1965, c.33, s.4; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-35, s.4. 4 c. P-35 PROVINCIAL SECRETARY Staff 5 The staff of the department shall consist of a deputy minister, to be called the Deputy Provincial Secretary, and such other employees as are requisite for the proper conduct of the business of the department. R.S.S. 1965, c.33, s.5; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-35, s.5. Fees 6 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may from time to time prescribe a tariff of fees that shall be paid for issuing and registering commissions, letters patent, licences and other instruments and documents and for the delivery of certified copies thereof or of certified extracts from the registers in the Provincial Secretary’s department; and the Provincial Secretary shall account to the Minister of Finance for all moneys received by virtue of such tariff or of any Act in force in Saskatchewan in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. R.S.S. 1965, c.33, s.6; R.S.S. 1978, c.P-35, s.2. REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN’S PRINTER Copyright©2012.